uxoricide

noun

Definition of uxoricidenext
as in parricide

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  1. parricide
  2. matricide
  3. patricide
  4. regicide
  5. fratricide
  6. filicide
  7. murder
  8. homicide
Noun
  • But instead of employing a ball gown, glass slippers, and a grand carriage made from a pumpkin, the renegade maid comes to her damsel in distress armed with a different kind of escape plan—one involving an axe and a double parricide.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of parricide
Noun
  • OpenAI already faces lawsuits alleging consumer harms, including lawsuits linking its chatbot to matricide, child suicide, school shootings, and other violence.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the case of Tom Brandis, played by the singular Mark Ruffalo, a tragedy (matricide) has devastated his family unit.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Definition of matricide
Noun
  • The network’s darker efforts have tackled some of the most gruesome crimes of recent decades, from college cults to patricide.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This may be the highest profile local example of fiduciary law since the Menendez brothers’ trials three decades ago, when their family estate spent nearly $2 million to unsuccessfully defend them in the patricide of their parents.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of patricide
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  • They were rewarded for their regicide when Thatcher’s successor, John Major, unexpectedly won the following election in 1992.
    — Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Unlike the Conservative Party, however, Labour does not have a history of regicide; the party has never mounted an official challenge against a sitting prime minister.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 May 2026
Definition of regicide
Noun
  • But Iran did little to stop the fratricide.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But what is absolutely clear to me right now is that this Israeli government is committing suicide, homicide and fratricide.
    — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of fratricide
Noun
  • Yet many studies have found that most women who commit filicide have, like Nakira, never been in trouble with the law before.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Clancy’s case could be classified as filicide — a parent killing their own children — or a triple homicide.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of filicide
Noun
  • One of the three Vallejo men considered suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Avtar Singh has been arrested, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Greenfield resident Donald William Breeden was arrested and booked into Monterey County Jail on two counts of murder with criminal street gang enhancements, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of murder
Noun
  • In it, the Ford campaigned noted high opioid overdose deaths, firearm homicides, and child poverty in the district, among other issues.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Sheriff’s homicide detectives and crime scene investigators were investigating the man’s death while in law enforcement custody.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of homicide
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“Uxoricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uxoricide. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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